Tristan and Isolde Composer Richard Wagner Librettist Richard Wagner Company San Francisco Opera Association Touring Location Los Angeles, CA Venue Shrine Auditorium Season 1945 Language German Creative/Crew Conductor William Steinberg Stage Director(s) Herbert Graf Chorus Director Kurt Herbert Adler Cast Tristan, a Cornish Knight, nephew of King Mark Lauritz Melchior Isolde, Princess of Ireland Helen Traubel Brangäne, Isolde's friend and attendant Margaret Harshaw King Mark of Cornwall Lorenzo Alvary Kurwenal, Tristan's devoted servant Herbert Janssen Melot, one of King Mark's courtiers Walter Olitzki Shepherd John Garris Steersman Charles Goodwin Sailor's Voice John Garris Show Dates Mon, Oct 29 1945, 8pm Time and Place Legendary Scenes Act I -- On Board a Vessel Nearing the Cornish Coast Act II -- Garden Before Isolde's Castle; Summer Night Act III -- Garden of Tristan's Estate in Brittany